Partners

Our work would not be possible without the close collaboration and dedication of many partners. Together we are driven by a shared belief in the power of scientific evidence to understand what really works in the fight against poverty.

We work closely with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), a non-profit research organization with programs and offices around the world. Other partners are:

  • Implementing organizations like governments, NGOs, multilateral organizations, and businesses who run programs that our affiliated professors evaluate, use our policy lessons from research, and scale up programs that are proven effective.
  • Donors including foundations and bilateral organizations who provide funding for evaluations, scale-ups, and research initiatives.
  • Research centers and organizations that run the randomized evaluations of our affiliated professors, including the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California, Berkeley, the Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP), the Crime Lab at the University of Chicago, Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) at Harvard Kennedy School, and IFMR Lead.

The University of Chicago Trust

The University of Chicago Trust (the Trust) is a charitable trust in India, established by the University of Chicago, to provide Indian citizens residing in India a tax efficient avenue to support University of Chicago education and research projects in India. Gifts to the Trust are deductible under...

The University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania has collaborated with J-PAL on an evaluation of HIV testing in Malawi.

The Upjohn Institute

The W.E. Upjohn Institute is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, independent research organization devoted to investigating the causes and effects of unemployment.

The Weatherhead School of Management

The Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University teaches design in management to prepare managers to create, innovate, lead and deliver new solutions for better business. Weatherhead believes business can be one of the most powerful agents of positive change in the world.

Third Sector Capital Partners

Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc. is a nonprofit advisory firm with offices in Boston, Massachusetts, San Francisco, California, and Washington, DC. Third Sector leads governments, nonprofits, and private funders in building evidence-based initiatives and Pay for Success projects.

Thomson Reuters

Tipping Point Community

Tipping Point Community is a grant-making organization aiming to break the cycle of poverty for people in the San Francisco Bay Area whose income level is too low to meet their basic needs.

Tobin Project

Founded in 2005, the Tobin Project is an independent, non-profit research organization motivated by the belief that rigorous scholarship on major, real-world problems can make a profound difference. Inspired by Professor James Tobin’s belief that scholars have a vital role to play in the public...

Together Association for Development and Environment

Together Association For Development and Environment was founded in 2006 with voluntarily efforts and it mainly aims to support people in the poor of the poorest communities and provide decent living conditions for people in rural areas, marginalized, and undeserved communities.

Toulouse School of Economics - Toulouse Network for Information Technology (TNIT)

The Toulouse Network for Information Technology (TNIT), created in 2005, stimulates high-quality economic research on the software industry, the development and role of the Internet, and intellectual property.

TracFone Wireless Incorporation

Tracfone is a private company offering prepaid wireless phone services.

Training and Resources in Early Education (TREE)

TREE’s mission is to promote quality holistic Early Childhood Development and Care for children age 0-4 years through: The creation of an Early Childhood Development Enabling Environment. Capacity building focusing on quality education and training programmes for those responsible for the care of...

Transform Schools

Transform is working in 67,000 government secondary schools to improve the learning outcomes of 2.4 million children across four States in India, increasing their transition to higher education and access to career opportunities. W

Tribal Development Ministry of Gujarat

The Tribal Development Department has been created for the focused development of the areas dominated by Scheduled Tribes, with the goal of improving the quality of life by increasing access to education, health care and income generation.

Trust Funds for Rural Development (FIRA)

Established in 1954 by Mexico’s federal government, Trust Funds for Rural Development (FIRA) is a second-tier development bank that offers credit and guarantees, training, technical assistance and technology-transfer support to the agriculture, livestock, fishing, forestry and agribusiness sectors...

Tufts University Summer Scholars Program

The Tufts Summer Scholars Program is a University-wide initiative that offers research apprenticeships with faculty/clinical mentors to motivated Tufts undergraduates.

Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA)

To be a science academy which gives direction to our country’s science policies as one of the most active and valued members of world science academies society.

Twaweza

Twaweza means 'we can make it happen' in Swahili. It is a ten year citizen-centered initiative, focusing on large-scale change in East Africa. Twaweza works to provide practical information to every citizen of Africa, and to foster quality independent media and citizen monitoring services. By...

U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector. Its jurisdiction includes banks, credit unions, securities firms, payday lenders, mortgage-servicing operations, foreclosure relief...

U.S. Department of Defense Minerva Research Initiative

Launched by the Secretary of Defense in 2008, the Minerva Research Initiative is a DoD-sponsored, university-based social science research initiative that focuses on areas of strategic importance to the U.S. national security policy. The Minerva Research Initiative supports social science research...